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| 6778494373 | Artifacts | Objects made by humans and studied by Archaeologists to draw conclusions about the past | 0 | |
| 6778500255 | Culture | The unique way of life of a group of people | 1 | |
| 6778501577 | Hominid | Humans and other creatures that walk upright, such as australopithecines | 2 | |
| 6778502152 | Paleolithic Age | Term used for the earliest period of human history, from approximately 2,500,000 B.C. to 8,000 B.C. | 3 | |
| 6778504621 | Technology | Ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet human needs | 4 | |
| 6778506036 | Neanderthals | Species of Homo sapiens which existed between 100,000 B.C. and 30,000 B.C. | 5 | |
| 6778508129 | Homo sapiens sapiens | "Wise, wise humans". First appeared in Africa approximately 200,000 B.C | 6 | |
| 6778510887 | "Out-of-Africa" Theory | Belief of Anthropologists that all human life originated in Africa and spread to other parts of the world beginning approximately 100,000 years ago. | 7 | |
| 6778512205 | Neolithic Age | Period of human history from 8,000 B.C. to 3,000 B.C., also known as the New Stone Age | 8 | |
| 6778514332 | Nomad / Hunter Gatherer | A person who constantly moves from one site to another following wild animals and gathering wild fruits and vegetables for food | 9 | |
| 6778518718 | Neolithic Revolution | About 8,000 B.C. humans may have scattered seeds near regular campsites and returned the next season to discover new crops growing | 10 | |
| 6778519306 | Slash-and-Burn Farming | Method practiced by some Neolithic farmers in which they cut trees or grasses and burned them to clear a field. The ashes that remained fertilized the soil, and the farmers planted crops for a year or two, then moved to another area and started the process anew | 11 | |
| 6778523273 | Domestication | The process of adapting animals for human use | 12 | |
| 6778524050 | Civilizations | A complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements | 13 | |
| 6778525898 | Artisians | Skilled workers that began to specialize in their craft because of the steady food supply that came with systematic agriculture and domestication in the Neolithic Age | 14 | |
| 6778536023 | Institutions | A long-lasting pattern of organization in a community, such as government, religion, and the economy | 15 | |
| 6778539170 | Scribes | Professional record keepers. | 16 | |
| 6778540279 | Cuneiform | Name for the system of writing invented and used by the Sumerians | 17 | |
| 6778542730 | Barter | Trading goods and services without money | 18 | |
| 6778563463 | Ziggurat | Pyramid-shaped monument built in many Sumerian cities | 19 | |
| 6778569745 | Fertile Crescent | Fertile land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf in Southwest Asia | 20 | |
| 6778571698 | Mesopotamia | The first known human civilizations were established in this fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates River in the region of present-day Iraq on the southeastern tip of the Fertile Crescent | 21 | |
| 6778573433 | City-States | A governmental system in which large cities gain political and economic control over the surrounding countryside | 22 | |
| 6778577632 | Dynasty | A family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family | 23 | |
| 6778657604 | Cultural Diffusion | The process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another | 24 | |
| 6778658520 | Polytheism | A religion that practices belief in many Gods | 25 | |
| 6778661838 | Babylon | A city-state in southeastern Mesopotamia that came to control the Fertile Crescent area in 1792 B.C. under the leadership of Hammurabi | 26 | |
| 6778662459 | Empire | A large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples or territories | 27 | |
| 6778673556 | Hammurabi | The King of Babylon during the 17th century BC, lead Babylon to become the most powerful state in Mesopotamia | 28 | |
| 6778683531 | Nile River Valley | Fertile area in Northeastern Africa where the Egyptian civilization emerged as early as 5000 B.C.E. | 29 | |
| 6778684510 | Delta | A broad, marshy triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river | 30 | |
| 6778685302 | Narmer | Believed to be the first Pharaoh in Egyptian History. United Upper and Lower Egypt. | 31 | |
| 6778690866 | Pharaoh | Title given to ruling Egyptian Kings and Queens | 32 | |
| 6778691941 | Pyramid | Immense Egyptian structures built to serve as a final resting place for the Pharaohs and their families | 33 | |
| 6778693428 | Mummification | A process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting | 34 |
